Haploidisten
Haploidisten is a term encountered in genetics and biology to denote organisms, cells, or life stages that possess a single complete set of chromosomes (n). The word is formed from haploid and a suffix that denotes a state or association, and in some linguistic traditions it is used to refer to the haploid state itself or to organisms predominantly in that state. In biology, haploid individuals carry only one copy of each gene, so recessive traits are expressed directly.
Life cycles vary: many bacteria and some protists remain haploid for most of their existence. In plants,
In research, haploidy facilitates genetic analysis because phenotypes map directly to genotypes. Haploid strains are widely
See also: haploid, ploidy, meiosis, mitosis, gametophyte, sporophyte.